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Calories in
chicken, feet, boiled

215 kcal per 100 g Chicken, feet, boiled contains 215 calories per 100 grams, or about 183 calories per 3 oz. Per 100 g it provides 19.4 g protein, 0.2 g carbohydrate and 14.6 g fat.

By calories that splits 0% carbohydrate, 37% protein, 63% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171119·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 0589 of 1799
37%63% 0 54 108 161 215 kcal
Protein 19.4 g × 4 kcal/g 78 kcal · 37%
Carbohydrate 0.2 g × 4 kcal/g 0.8 kcal · <1%
Fat 14.6 g × 9 kcal/g 131 kcal · 63%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 210 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 215 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 210 kcal; USDA publishes 215 kcal−5 kcal, 2.3% apart. That gap is expected, not an error: USDA derives energy with food-specific factors and, for many items, discounts the fibre that the shorthand still counts at four. The published figure is the better one, so the axis above is scaled to it and the shares are what the shorthand is genuinely good at.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 171119retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g215kcal
Per 3 oz183kcal · 85.0 g
Protein19.4g per 100 g
Walk it off37minutes walking
Proteingrams
Carbsgrams
Fatgrams
Walk it offmin at 70 kg

How this is worked out

  1. USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
  2. The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
  3. The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
  4. A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
  5. The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving   = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100
energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F      (P, C, F in grams)
walk minutes  = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)

Full data & method →

Calories in a typical serving

Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.

ServingGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
3 oz85.0 g 183 16.5 g0.2 g12.4 g
1 lb453.6 g 975 88.0 g0.9 g66.2 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per 3 oz

NutrientPer 100 gPer 3 oz
Energy215 kcal183 kcal
Protein19.4 g16.5 g
Total fat14.6 g12.4 g
Saturated fat3.9 g3.3 g
Carbohydrate0.2 g0.2 g
Fibre0.0 g0.0 g
Sugars0.0 g0.0 g
Sodium67.0 mg57.0 mg
Potassium31.0 mg26.4 mg
Calcium88.0 mg74.8 mg
Iron0.9 mg0.8 mg
Vitamin C0.0 mg0.0 mg
Vitamin A30.0 µg25.5 µg
Cholesterol84.0 mg71.4 mg
Water65.8 g55.9 g

A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171119·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How chicken, feet, boiled compares

Among the 95 poultry products items on this site, chicken, feet, boiled ranks 21 of 95 by calorie density, against a category average of 179 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 20% more calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 9 g of protein per 100 calories, a moderate protein contribution.

To burn off 3 oz (183 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 37 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

A reference table describes the average chicken, feet, boiled. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in chicken, feet, boiled?

Chicken, feet, boiled contains 215 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 183 calories per 3 oz. It also provides 19.4 g of protein, 0.2 g of carbohydrate and 14.6 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of chicken, feet, boiled?

By calories, chicken, feet, boiled is roughly 0% carbohydrate, 37% protein and 63% fat. That makes it a predominantly fat-based food.

How long does it take to burn off 3 oz?

About 37 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.

Is this figure exact for the chicken, feet, boiled I bought?

No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Chicken, feet, boiled". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.

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